108
108
Jun 22, 2013
06/13
by
MSNBCW
tv
eye 108
favorite 0
quote 0
that helps the economy and creates jobs. it makes no sense. >> what was interesting you and your colleagues for the most part in terms of the democratic party said this went way too far. the republicans said it didn't go far enough. with that big of a divide did we expect dmanything to get throug? >> it's going to be tough. i know you talked about the immigration reform. i think there's an effort on the part of the republican leadership to try to pass an immigration reform bill. they are putting so many roadblocks in the way. in the house you may have read that they voted on an amendment. this was like a tea party right wing amendment that makes being in the united states a crime. another amendment that gets rid of the dreamers act that lets young people stay here and not be deported. then the speaker is saying he won't let the bill go to the floor unless it has a majority of the republicans which would include the tea party. we've got a long way to go. >> people arie looking to what happened to the farm bill. do you agree w
that helps the economy and creates jobs. it makes no sense. >> what was interesting you and your colleagues for the most part in terms of the democratic party said this went way too far. the republicans said it didn't go far enough. with that big of a divide did we expect dmanything to get throug? >> it's going to be tough. i know you talked about the immigration reform. i think there's an effort on the part of the republican leadership to try to pass an immigration reform bill....
255
255
Jun 23, 2013
06/13
by
MSNBCW
tv
eye 255
favorite 0
quote 1
, gdp growth or the economy. what this is reminding us, you can have all the growth you want but if it's not equitably distributed, then a lot of families end up falling behind even as the economy improves. it's sort of like the economy is doing well except for the people in it. how does that happen? it has a lot to do with who has bargaining power, low levels of unionization, it has to do with the fact that some of the jobs out there are return high levels of wages and incomes to people with the highest levels of skills. so some folks are getting less behind. it has to do with the trade deficit. so really many different kind of perpetrators on the inequality story. >> what do you do about that? how do you make sure that people who are on the lower end of the economic spectrum get some prosperity as well? >> the solution is a lot simpler than i think a lot of people think. if the unemployment rate is very, very low, something we haven't seen for a while, what you find is that employers have to bid up the wages an
, gdp growth or the economy. what this is reminding us, you can have all the growth you want but if it's not equitably distributed, then a lot of families end up falling behind even as the economy improves. it's sort of like the economy is doing well except for the people in it. how does that happen? it has a lot to do with who has bargaining power, low levels of unionization, it has to do with the fact that some of the jobs out there are return high levels of wages and incomes to people with...
122
122
Jun 22, 2013
06/13
by
MSNBCW
tv
eye 122
favorite 0
quote 0
reforming our immigration would reduce our deficit a trillion dollars the next two decades and boost our economy by more than 5% in part because of businesses created, investments made, and technologies created by immigrants. >> that was president obama this morning in his weekly address. democrats and republicans unveiled a new amendment that includes $30 billion, 20 additional border agents and new drone technology. joining me now wanda summers and congressional reporter ed o'keefe. thanks for joining me. >> good morning, alex. >> ed, i was reading about immigration reform. $30 billion is a lot of money to secure the border. but will it actually accomplish that? >> that's the big question. i spent time talking to folks who represent communities along the border who work with a lot of these immigrants communities. they say they're very concerned that basically doubling the the size of the u.s. border control really could militaryize sections of it. there's concern that if you're hispanic, there are suspicions of people crossing, they might seek out people in illegal or wrong fashion. we will se
reforming our immigration would reduce our deficit a trillion dollars the next two decades and boost our economy by more than 5% in part because of businesses created, investments made, and technologies created by immigrants. >> that was president obama this morning in his weekly address. democrats and republicans unveiled a new amendment that includes $30 billion, 20 additional border agents and new drone technology. joining me now wanda summers and congressional reporter ed o'keefe....
122
122
Jun 16, 2013
06/13
by
MSNBCW
tv
eye 122
favorite 0
quote 0
this as a reason for immigration reform, basically that we need immigrant labor in order to have the economy recover. i think the way he said it was inartful and probably hurt that cause. but i wouldn't be surprised to see other people take up that effort in the weeks ago as we push forward with this immigration debate. >> all right. thanks so much. aaron blake, meredith shiner, thank you both for being here. >> thank you. >> thanks for having us. happy father's day to my dad. >> aw. well, president bush arrived home. president george w. bush arrived home safely in dallas this morning after a less than routine trip home from philadelphia. the president was headed from philadelphia international to dallas love field airport when his pilot reported the smell of smoke in the cockpit. at that point the gulfstream 4 aircraft that was carrying them was diverted to louisville, kentucky. the plane landed safely without incident. >>> a survivor of military sex assault. new reaction on a setback in congress that may change nothing for those wanting to report a sex attack. i'll talk to her next. can be
this as a reason for immigration reform, basically that we need immigrant labor in order to have the economy recover. i think the way he said it was inartful and probably hurt that cause. but i wouldn't be surprised to see other people take up that effort in the weeks ago as we push forward with this immigration debate. >> all right. thanks so much. aaron blake, meredith shiner, thank you both for being here. >> thank you. >> thanks for having us. happy father's day to my dad....